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LOT 3234
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Following Ambianum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, AMB in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 34; SCBC 612; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 210. Good Very Fine.(11.40gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3234
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Following Ambianum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, AMB in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 34; SCBC 612; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 210. 11.40gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
